neic I'i.-^hcsfrom Luke Vicluria. Ill 



Pelm atoch rom is jiavlpin n is . 



Tcctli in 4 scriis in the nppcr jaw, in ;j in tlic hjwor, outer 

 larji(st. Lower jaw i>n>jettiii<^. Deptli of body ccjiial to 

 len^'ih of head, .'5 limes in total length ; body (leepest at the 

 nape. Iliad lar^e, with eoneave upix-r profile ; snout onee 

 and f^ diameter of eye, \\hi(h is 5 times in length of head and 

 once and j in interorhital widtii ; mouth obliquely directed 

 upwards; nnixillary not extending quite to below anterior 

 l,oi-(ler of eye ; series of scales on the cheek, (rill-rakers 

 s>hort, U on lower part of anterior ar( h. Dorsal X\' 9 ; sjjincs 

 ineicising in length to the last, whieli measures .', length of 

 head ; longest solt rays a little more than ^ lengtli of head. 

 Anal 111 h ; tliird spine longest, a little shorter than last 

 dorsal. Pectoral ^ length of head, not reaching origin of 

 anal. Ventral reaching vent. Caudal rounded. Caudal 

 Ijcdnncle once and ^ as long as deep. Scales ctenoid, 

 31 ,'^, ; hit. 1. j-fj. Yellowish, tinged with orange on the sides, 

 vith 4 broad olive-brown cross-bands on the upper half of 

 the body; an intcrrui;ted dark streak on each side from 

 above the gill-cover to the base of the tail; head speckled 

 vith brown; an angular olive-brown band, j)ointing back- 

 wards, from eye to eye on the occijtut ; a broad blackish 

 land ficni below the anterior half of the eye to the mouth; 

 a blackish vertical bar on the j.rwoperculum ; an olilique 

 blackish bar, involving the opercular spot, behind the gill- 

 coxcr; fins bright yellow, tiie ventral black on the outer 

 side; two large round oiangc spots encircled with red on 

 the posterior part of the anal. 



Total length 1-13 mm, 



A single specimen from Buganga. 



Closely allied to the preceding. 



Pelmatochromis microdon. 



Teeth very small and few, in 3 scries in botli jaws. Lower 

 jaw slightly j)rojccting. Depth of body equal to length of 

 head, 3 times in total length. Head large, with slightly 

 concave upper profile ; snout as long as broad, once and A 

 diameter of eye, Mhich is 4 times in length of heatl and once 

 and \ in intcroibital width ; pneorbital a little narrower 

 than the eye; month obliquely directed upwards; maxillary 

 extending to below anterior border of eye ; 3 scriis of scales 

 on the cheek, Gill-rakeis very short, the posterior stiongly 

 expanded, much broader than long, U on lower part of 

 anterior arch. Dorsal X\' 9; spines increasing in Icigth to 



